# H302 אֲחִיתֹפֶל

אֲחִיתֹפֶל (ʼĂchîythôphel), Strong’s H302: Achithophel, an Israelite KJV: Ahithophel.. Occurs 20 times.

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*ʼĂchîythôphel* — Achithophel, an Israelite

KJV: Ahithophel.

Built from [אָח ʼâch](https://besorah.bible/word/H251) (a brother) + [תָּפֵל tâphêl](https://besorah.bible/word/H8602) (plaster) — means “brother of folly”

Occurs 20 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל n.pr.m. (my brother is folly ?) David’s trusted & traitorous counsellor

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 15:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=12) — Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the…
- [2 Samuel 15:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=31) — Someone told David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” David said, “LORD, please turn the…
- [2 Samuel 15:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/15?v=34) — but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant…
- [2 Samuel 16:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=15) — Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.
- [2 Samuel 16:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=20) — Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel what we shall do.”
- [2 Samuel 16:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=21) — Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines that he has left to keep the house. Then all Israel will…
- [2 Samuel 16:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=23) — The counsel of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if a man inquired at the inner sanctuary of God. All the…
- [2 Samuel 17:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/17?v=1) — Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David…
- [2 Samuel 17:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/17?v=6) — When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken like this. Shall we do what he…
- [2 Samuel 17:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/17?v=7) — Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has given this time is not good.”